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Check Spelling in the VS.NET IDE with SoftWidgets “Spell Code” Add-in

Spell Code is a must-have add-in for all VS.NET developers looking to check the spelling of any text inside the .NET IDE. Check spelling in any code window, Windows Form, UserControl and ASPX, ASCX, HTML and RESX files.

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Introduction

How do you check your spelling when you create applications using Microsoft Visual Studio.NET? Do you copy text from the Visual Studio.NET IDE into Word, check the spelling and then paste it back into the IDE? Perhaps you do something similar? Spell checking workarounds like this are very common and they can dramatically reduce your productivity.

Say goodbye to tedious spell checking hassles with the SoftWidgets Spell Code add-in for Visual Studio.NET. With Spell Code you can leverage your existing word dictionary within the .NET IDE...

Check the spelling of any text inside a Visual Studio.NET code window

Check the spelling of controls on a Windows Form

Check the spelling of controls contained in a UserControl

Check the spelling of text inside ASPX, ASCX and HTML files

Check the spelling of text inside resource files

Below are a couple of examples that demonstrate how easy it is to check your spelling with the Spell Code add-in. NOTE: The examples are in C#, but the functionality is exactly the same for VB developers and most other languages that are supported by Visual Studio.

Example of checking the spelling of text inside a Visual Studio code window

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SoftWidgets is a Connecticut based supplier of high-end software and design services for the Enterprise Application Integration and Business Intelligence markets. SoftWidgets innovative utilities are designed to tackle the most demanding back-office mission-critical tasks without the complexity and cost associated with the big vendors.

Comments and Discussions

They promised to release a version working under VS 2005 after the official release of VS 2005 and .... still nothing. Maybe the official release was not enough official for them? Anyway it is a pity they left it like that.